Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud...
by closeparen on Sunday May 27, 2018 @05:59PM
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>suing the curl project
Any server you curl is processing your personal data by addressing the HTTP response to your IP address. Curl itself arguably fails "privacy by design" test in that there is no Tor, etc. enabled by default, although I admit that's a stretch. The entire HTTP protocol design of obtaining documents by interacting directly with their publishers is similarly careless from a privacy perspective.
>"all networked software is illegal"
It's not always illegal. It's illegal by default, and up to you to demonstrate that it falls within one of the defined exceptions.
>"destroy the energy industry"
I'm quite happy that only serious and well-capitalized entities can surmount the regulatory hurdles to running a smoke-billowing power plant. I'm not happy that we're doing the same things to websites.
Any server you curl is processing your personal data by addressing the HTTP response to your IP address. Curl itself arguably fails "privacy by design" test in that there is no Tor, etc. enabled by default, although I admit that's a stretch. The entire HTTP protocol design of obtaining documents by interacting directly with their publishers is similarly careless from a privacy perspective.
>"all networked software is illegal"
It's not always illegal. It's illegal by default, and up to you to demonstrate that it falls within one of the defined exceptions.
>"destroy the energy industry"
I'm quite happy that only serious and well-capitalized entities can surmount the regulatory hurdles to running a smoke-billowing power plant. I'm not happy that we're doing the same things to websites.